Publications

This publication (PDF, 12 pages) explores existing research on the overlap among families experiencing poverty and those reported to the child welfare system for neglect. The brief explores the societal context within which both poverty and neglect exist and provides effective strategies for preventing and addressing both poverty and neglect. ...

This report (PDF, 16 pages) highlights the current state of school diversity, summarizes the ongoing challenges, and discusses federal opportunities to support state and local efforts to foster diversity in schools and classrooms. This document also provides a historical context of racial segregation and desegregation efforts, empirical research on longstanding ...

This report (PDF 54 pages) offers a comprehensive review of education during the coronavirus pandemic. It contains data spanning from early childhood to postsecondary and beyond, and covers topics such as enrollment, student achievement, teacher openings, and public school strategies for pandemic recovery. This report is designed to provide high ...

This report (PDF, 149 pages) is the first National Plan to End Gender-Based Violence: Strategies for Action. The plan is a comprehensive, government-wide approach to prevent and address sexual violence, intimate partner violence, stalking, and other forms of gender-based violence. Learn more (PDF, 149 pages).  ...

This publication reviews state laws and policies that are directed toward reducing the negative experiences of LGBTQIA2S+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, asexual, Two-Spirit, or other gender or sexual identity) youth in foster care. Topics include addressing a youth's right to be safe and free from discrimination, have access ...

This report (PDF, 25 pages) examines the effectiveness of customized text messages in increasing college enrollment rates among adults receiving services from Educational Opportunity Centers (EOCs). The study compares the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion and college enrollment rates of a group who received automated text messages ...

This Advisory describes current evidence on the impacts of social media on the mental health of young people. The advisory outlines immediate steps that parents, youth, researchers, policymakers, and tech companies can take to mitigate the risk of harm to young people. Learn more. 

This report (PDF, 33 pages) describes substantiated incidents of youth sexual victimization perpetrated by youth or by staff in juvenile facilities. The report presents data on the incidents of sexual victimization, such as location and time of day. It also provides characteristics of the victims and perpetrators of the victimization ...

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) 2021 dataset provides the most recent data on ongoing and emerging health behaviors and experiences among high school students enrolled in public and private schools across the United States. These data are the first YRBS data collected since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

The DOJ issued a Dear Colleague letter to state and local courts and juvenile justice agencies addressing the constitutional and legal issues and policy considerations related to juvenile and adult fines and fees. The letter states that children and youth under the jurisdiction of the juvenile justice system should be ...